Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-22

the package with bis hand into little vel
and took up another paper containing az
unscorched piece Of cloth. He Walket
down toward the audience, pretended t
toss the piece Of cloth to lady with hi
left and palmed It with his right hand
which he dropped to his waist While th,
spectators were looking at his left hand
he concealed the piece Of cloth IN q pocket
Just inside the edge of his coat He ther
placed his wand under his left arm, anc
took from the pocket there the origina
borrowed handkerchief, concealing It Ii
his palm, Placing his hand at gentle
mans ear, he dropped the handkerchiei
to the ends Of his fingers, pretended Il
take II out Of the gentleman's ear ani
handed 1t to the lady.
The performer borrowed tail hat
turned his back to the audience, put !
handkerchief containing three eggs init
the hat as he turned to the stage, faced
about, and took first the handkerchief anl
the eggs from the hat The pretty younf
woman, with short wand In her hand
went down the afslesand borrowed three
rings. Returning to the stage, she slipped
three other rings upon the wand an6
handed it to the Snowman, keeping The
three borrowed rings concealed In hel
hands. She then went behind the scenes
aud tied the three rings to ribbons hang
lag from the necks Of three white doves
and put the doves into the deep cover Of .
ateW pan. The cover had false bottom
aeld in place by spring. While she was
doing this Hermann let the three bogus
rings slide from the wand into stew
pan, broke the eggs and dropped them in
poured in some alcohol and set fire to it
The pretty young woman brought out the
cover and Hermann placed it on the pan,
He then released the false bottom, lifted
the cover, and showed the three doves
sitting on the pan with the borrowed rings
tied to their necks. He placed one of the
doves on the barrel Of q pistol, and
fired his weapon. The dove was trained
not to move. He put the dove on table,
covered it with a handkerchief, dropped
the bird through a little trap, gathered
were inside, wiggling his finger in the
handkerchief to simulate the-1uStering 81
the bird, and then smashed the handker-
chief between his hands very violently.
Ladies in the audience said, AOhl'' The
Snowman shook the handkerchief out by
the corners and showed that it was empty.
it up into the form Of candy horn,
placing in it secretly q compressed packet
of cut paper flowers that he obtained from
the pocket under his left arm. Putting
his right hand into the horn, ostensibly to
shape it better, he removed the pressure
from the packet and the paper flowers
swelled and filed the horn He shook
them out upon the table, put his hand
~ ursr mo 0vnA ra{aE rnsT
up another packet, which he introduced
into the horn while again adjusting its
shape. He repeated this several times,
until about bushel of flowers had been
shaken out. New York Sun.
Where There n Profit in War.
It is commonly supposed that the only
persons who are eager for war are officers
who are anxious to win fame and higher
rank. That woman should ever derive
an advantage from war, and the prepare,
tions for war, does not readily occur Il
the imagination. Yet there Is firm Ii
Berlin that employs 200 girls who would
be thrown out of employment II wal
preparations should cease. They manu-
factNre little bundles of antiseptic dress
ing material, with which all German sol
diers are to be supplied in future, SO that
they may be able to dress their OwI
wounds In the absence Of q surgeon
Fifteen thousand of these packages are
made every. day. As the work calls fol
the greatest cleanliness the girls are al
dressed in white linen cloaks, and arr
strictly forbidden to bring victuals or any
thing else into the room where they
work Epoch.